Specialists have performed heart and liver transplants on 13 patients in the first year of a new UW Medicine protocol, which uses organs from donors who had hepatitis C before they died.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last month.

The Ohio Department of Health on July 12 confirmed the state's first measles case of 2019.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is sounding the alarm when it comes to sepsis.

The Biddeford, Maine-based University of New England plans to address Maine's nursing shortage by expanding its nursing department into the new School of Nursing and Population Health, according to CBS affiliate WGME.

Two people have died and 18 required hospitalization due to a respiratory outbreak at an assisted living facility in Virginia, reports ABC News.

Use of a daily pill to prevent HIV increased nearly 500 percent from 2014-17, according to research published by the CDC and reported by CNN.

Although physicians know that vaccines are safe and effective, it can be difficult to communicate that knowledge to worried parents, according to NEPR.

CMS fined Yale New Haven Health's Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital $150,000 after the facility mixed up eight patients' test specimens, leading to several cancer misdiagnoses, reports The Middletown Press.

A 43-hospital study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that nearly 68 percent of pneumonia patients received excess antibiotic therapy and those extra treatments failed to lower adverse outcomes.

An international research group led by investigators at San Diego-based Scripps Research received a $129 million grant to advance the development of an HIV vaccine.

A second couple claims CHA Fertility Center in Los Angeles mixed up their embryos in a lawsuit filed July 10, which says the couple had to go through court to obtain custody after another mother unwittingly gave birth to their child, according to ABC News.

Delegating work to nurse practitioners and physician assistants will relieve physician burnout, according to an op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer by David Woods, PhD, former editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Three major disease categories account for nearly three-quarters of all serious diagnosis-related harms, according to a study published in Diagnosis.

Kansas now allows registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice with one multistate license.

Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital's transplant program is at risk of closing after performing just one heart transplant in the first six months of this year, according to Insider Louisville.

A Florida medical practice has requested a full police investigation into a viral video showing a mother and daughter touching and licking medical supplies while waiting to be seen by a clinician, reports News4Jax.

Nurse entrepreneurs have unique advantages in the health and wellness industries due to their medical knowledge and clinical experience, Catie Harris, PhD, RN, founder of NursePreneurs, told Small Business Trends.

Hospitals penalized under CMS' Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program do not demonstrate lower hospital-acquired condition rates than their nonpenalized peers, according to a study published in The BMJ.  

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on July 10 filed a lawsuit against New York, claiming the state's new law banning religious exemptions for school vaccinations is unconstitutional, reports The Baltimore Sun.